One of the skits that Harvey and Tim Conway did on The Carol Burnett Show where Tim Conway is the dentist and accidentally numbs himself with Harvey playing the part of the patient is shown to students in dental school and it is how now to do the procedure.

Harvey had an operation in late January 2008 on a non-cancerous brain tumor and pulled through. Less than a day after coming home, he was re-admitted because of a ruptured aneurysm and was given a few hours to live. He survived another four months.

Harvey left the Burnett program in 1977 after 10 successful seasons to appear in his own series. The Harvey Korman Show failed to win an audience, as did other series starring or co-starring the comedian.

Harvey tried his luck on Broadway and in nightclubs (as 1/2 of a comedy duo) after college, but failed and had to support himself as a restaurant cashier. He finally moved to Hollywood and found success.

Harvey was married to Donna Ehlert from 1960 to 1977, and they had two children together: Chris and Maria Korman. He was then married to Deborah (née Fritz) in 1982 and was married to her until his death. They had two daughters together, Kate and Laura Korman.

Harvey won 4 Emmy Awards:1969 - Special Classification Achievements - Individuals (Variety Performances)for The Carol Burnett Show1971 - Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Individuals for The Carol Burnett Show1972 - Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety for The Carol Burnett Show1974 - Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music for The Carol Burnett Show

Mel Brooks: A world without Harvey Korman - it's a more serious world. It was very dangerous for me to work with him because if our eyes met we'd crash to floor in comic ecstasy. It was comedy heaven to make Harvey Korman laugh.

Harvey: (About the success of The Carol Burnett Show) We were an ensemble, and Carol [Burnett] had the most incredible attitude. I've never worked with a star of that magnitude who was willing to give so much away.

Tim Conway: (Talking about Harvey Korman) I don't know whether either one of us was the straight man. The most important thing in comedy when you're working together is for one guy to know when to shut up. And we both knew when to shut up; quiet show, actually.

Mel Brooks: (talking about Harvey Korman) Harvey was a major, major talent, and he could have very easily have done Shakespearean drama. That's how gifted and talented Harvey was. . . . I loved working with him

Harvey: It takes a certain type of person to be a television star. I didn't have whatever that is. I come across as kind of snobbish and maybe a little too bright. Give me something bizarre to play or put me in a dress and I'm fine.

Harvey Korman: (on sketch comedy) You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff.

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